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Tllh ! NORFOLK WtitiKLY NEWS .IOUHNAL fc'KinAi , JANUARY 22 I'.iOO The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal Tin * NOWH , LHtnbllshed I8SI. The .loiiriuil , Established 1877 PUDt-ISHINQ COMPANY. . W N HUHO , N A HUHO. PlOHldonl HoCIClIlt ) Kvi'iy Fildav II ) inall pel j car. 1 1 50. Entei M ! at the pontolllco at Not folk , Neb IIH HOI OIK ! ( lass mallei. n i-.ulioiliil Dcjmitiiiont No 111 ! IliiHliu'HH Ollli'o and , lob Rooms No II il ! ! _ It IH already tu'ttloil Unit thin winter IH no moll ) coildlu. I ) ootoiH only pioHerlbo nuv oggn for millionaire patients , now-a-daB. What many states i cully nuod Is nioio Inlilatlvo nnd not go much refer endum. ! .ct the stale legislature take notice that Not folk IH the Ideal spot for the iitatc capltol. Piosldont-Eleet Taft IH busily on fagod ; In thu winning of the south Success to him. The child who defined a smile at the whlHpur of a laugh oxpiossod n rarely beautiful thought. It IH thu opinion of HOIIIO good mill tai.v cilllcs that Hilgadlor Tlllman 1' making a \ ( > rj nigged i client. Mi Carnegie gave awaj $ ! ) l.00n.onf laHtcar , lint the leclplcatH woikec liaul to get It , jou ma ) hu sure. It IH icpoitud mat i'tosident-Eloel Taft IIIIH a tiiBto for tag tlnii' iniiBlc Another ICIIHOII foi hl.s popuhnlty. The man who Is enjoying the bless Ings of pox city doesn't appioelatc tliciii as John 1) . and Andiuw Cainegli do. It the Roosevelt messages contlmu light up to March I , thuio Is dangei that the 'I'all Innuguial inaj he ovci looked. Alabama , .Mississippi and Nottl Caiollna aiu saloonluss since the he ginning of the now year , but thoj al have ding stoics. Pel hups "Honest lien Tlllman" wll be a little mote cautions about dial lenglng the motives and Integilty o otheib so vlclousl ) heieaftei. The piesldeut's messages come si thick novvadns that some of them have to he dismissed with a puragiaph o apace , to get them all on the \\lie. More than ono-tonith of the woild'i yield of zinc Is piodnced In the Unitei States and moio than half the . \loli in the United States Is In Mlssouii. The Itiltlsh , Fionch , Hubslan anc Italian war ships ha\e done good ser vice this last week. Why not tun nil the mules o\er to the Red Cioss society ? The const i net Ion of o\ery sky scraper claims at least tlueo victims nnd of the 10,000,000 Industihil woik ors In this country fiOO.OOO'aio klllci or maimed every year. A consolidation of moving pictun mannfactuieis and opeiators has taKei place foi the philanthropic puipose o elevating the class of plctmes. The : \\111 find plenty ofoik along tlia line The Ilailns familv ate thieatenci with bankmptcj. The financial iu souicos aio being swallowed up In tin fauiil.v's defense. High class mnide Is coming to bo an expensive it no fatal luxury. Panama cioakeis aio icqiiestod t < note that the iccelpts of the Sue. canal aie Incieasing at the late o 51,500,000 a joar and the dividend ! are never less than 'JO per cent. The Xoithein Pacific has purchnsei a blow01 y but ( Ionics Its emplojes tin privilege ot diInking beer. They an not going Into the brewing Industiy but will turn the building into : freight depot. The city of Messina will not bo ic utoiod , but in all piobablllty man ; of the peeler people will build thel shacks on the old sites Stiango a it seems after passing thiongh sncl borrois the ) still cling to tno spot. In many states the problem of bet tor state roads Is being discussed Iowa wants to build good state loads taxing saloons for the purpose. Kan sas Is getting up to the point of soot roads legislation. Nebraska ought ti get busy along the same lino. Miss Hoosovelt has made bor bow M Washington society and been formal ! ' received. Her "coining out party" wa : a % ery beautiful and elaboiato alfal ut which several bundled guests , in eluding Miss Roosevelt's friend * am the younger people In the official so helped the daughter of the preslden dance her way into the social woild Fate seems to have marked John \ \ Kern for defeat. Ho Is oven denlci the consolation of a seat In the Unlte < States senate as balm for the woundi Inflicted upon his body politic In tin scraps ho has gene through. He hai been defeated for governor , defeate < for United States senator , defcatei 'or president of the senate. With a record like this , ho IB able to nympa- thUe with Mr. Itryan. The bishop of London getn the same salarj as .the piesldent of the1 United States. However , It IK safe ) to bet that the futuie occupant of the > White House would not ttadu berthH1 with the reveionil bishop. Lillian ItiiHHi'll announces Her In tention of publishing her love lottc-is In atttobloKraphlcal form. It has bcui suggested that she entitle the volume "Soino Husbands I have Lived With" and have It sccuioly bound In asbestos. The kaiser sii.va ho was never so shott of monty In his Ilfo. Thoio aio many who can Bmpalhl/o with him In his llnanclal straits. Why couldn't the emperor get Into the "dollar a wotd" class and pick up a little pocket mono ) that way. Heroic the lestialnlng hand of Ameilca has fairly been wlthdiawn fiom the Cuban governmental affairs , there comes the announcement that ono of the Hi si measiiies to bo Intio- duced after the tnanguiatlon of Scnor Gome/ would be bills establishing a national lotloi ) and legall/lng cock llgh'.ing. This Is not a very eiicom ag ing atigmy for a high guide of govem inent In Cuba , but It Is ehaiacteiis- tleall ) Latin at any late. The niimboi ot Mexicans emplo.vod In the United States is nipldl ) In- cieablng. Lack ot education and of natuial initiative conllne most of these Immlgiants to unskilled labor. The ) compete little. If at all , with native or the belle ; class of Immlgiant labor The > work and ate contented In the deseit wheie Ainoi leans and Euto- peans aie unable to withstand the climate. Except In Texas or Callfcnnla few become poimanont lesldents The Indiana man who , vvnile feedIng - Ing ( oin Into a com ci usher came within a hall's bieadth of feeding in a stick of dynamite which had some way become mixed with the coin , felt that lite was at best a mighty nncei- talu [ imposition and was tinpiessed with a growing icspect for the man who has managed to evade Its pitfalls for ninety jcais and moic. This count ! > cannot bo cleansed of Its political and commeicial oiooked- ness until it is willing to place the bilbo given and the bilbo-taker In the same class and mete out to them the same punishment. While the bilbo- taker Is sent to jail and the bilbo- giver continues to sit In chinch , weai his halo and ball In society , theio will continue to bo a deal of Injustice in public affalib. The Oeiman Review tellb a cm Ions stoiy of the captmo of a wholes ; , message by an electilc lamp. A Biuiibwlck man had an electilc lamp in bis labniatoiy and was attiacted by the vaiving biilliaiicy of ll ht which occuiicd with the unmistakable rytlim of Moi&e signals. With a little effoit he was able to decipher a mes sage which was being sent fiom a sta tion two miles away. Miny Andeison , who once held flist rank among Ameilcan acti esses , after enjo.vlng the success and fame which she had honestly eai nod , accepted thu' ' love and tumor ot a woithy man and loft the stage tor a happy home , is now v ibltlng this conntiy She says she thinks mote of hoi home and hus band and little daughter than of thor plaudits of the multitude. Maty Is ono r , of foi tune's special favoiltes. Edwin Maikham , a philosopher of moie than oidinaiy insight into hu man sentiments , says that the noblest resolution It Is possible for any man or woman to make at the beginning of the new > ear. Is to live moio faith fully accoiding to the Golden Rule. Weie this inle universally lived up to , t would solve all the vexatious ques tions of politics , of economics , of so cial life. Thoie would bo no more poveity , no more strife. The voters of the country have expressed - pressed their desire that the Roosevelt velt policies should bo continued but the youngsters have gone back on the Teddy bear. Two years ago it was 8 imnosslblo to supply the demand for 1 these toys , nnd now the bottom has fallen out of the maiket. To some extent - tent the bllllkon has taken the place of Teddv and the tact that the funny looking little thing Is supposed to hi Ing good IUCK adds to Its populailty. Like Hanqiio's .ghost the spec-tic of a sea level canal at Panama will not down. Judge Taft will take to Pana ma the best engineering experts of 1 the count ! y to see present conditions for themselves and advise hjm as to futuie work Hut wo bellovo the In- ' tentlon Is rathei to ascoitain and overcome dlftlenities In the present plan than to change it to a sea level 1 canal That question was thoroughly threshed out before. Theio can hardly bo any new light on tin sub ject without carrying on actual ex periments with both plans. The region of country devastated by the recent earthquake Is the gar den spot of Italy and by far It's rich- cst section , Added to the grains of all kinds , live stock and fruits which arc raised In quantities sufficient to piovldo n largo surplus for expoi' , the mountains yield marble , alabaster , j sypsuin , salt and copper. Hut the chief dopondcm e of the million and a ' half of people who occupy the tlnoo devastated piovlutes Is agtlcnltuial Thousand * of toinlsts visit the conn- tiy annualv ! and thcie aio many sad homes In Km ope and Ameilca who lost deal ones In this awful cultnnlt ) . Piesldent dates of Robot Is college , Constantinople , wilting in the "Out look" of the gloat tiaiiRformatlon which lm taken place In Tin key , says : 'Tho situation In Turkej Is a very difficult one , and 1 hope 1 have also nmdo It clear that thoio aie men here woiklng with great wisdom and splendid self abnegation for the best Interests of their own land It Is a upectacl'1 which ought to shame wlf- Hceklng and paitlsan politics out of sight " It seems at times as though a woik might be done In Ameilca by young Tin Us or ) onng Amei leans , who caied moio toi the honor and ilghteousness of theli country than for their own self Inteiest. The choices made by Mlssonil and Ohio for United States senator offer good for lellectlon to those who Insist upon the election of senatois by di- icct vote of the people. In Mlssouil Clovemor Folk , whose iccoicl for abllltv , sineoilty , Integilty , patiiotlsm and honesty none could lefute , was tinned down for a wily politician al though these aie the qualities which the people claim to deslie In the can didate foi whom tlie.v vote. In Ohio , vvhoie the legislators elected the sena tor neltner the political intiigue or Koiakei , backed b.v wealth nor the political piestlge of Tail , biother of the piosldont and mastei of the paity machine , could win agajnst the man who was best fitted foi the position by ability , tempeiament and expoilonco. Huiton had neither money nor ma chine , but he won out. This count i y has no desho to har bor ciiminals or invite them to find lofugo lieie fiom abioad. Wo have enough nndosliablo clti/cns of our own. Hut cilmlnal chaigcs biought against lefugcesvho \ have sought aslums heie should be subjected to the closest sciutin.v , especially when , as In the case of the Russian lefn- gees now under the piotectlon of this countrj , such chaigos aie pieferred by a govemmont which Is known to bo lelontlobs r.nd uttcily unsciupu- Ions in Its pursuit of its political of- fendeis , and which is known , moio- over , to have tepcatedly tinmpcd up similar cluugos , without the slightest foundation in lact , in older to secure the poison of those who have daiod to love liberty well enough to give their host thought and eneigj to piomote it. I'opulai s.vmpathj is with the Rus- slans-C'hilstian Itudovitz and Ivan Pom en who lied fiom Russia , because It was U.o hot foi them on account of their political activities Their case is being consldoi od in appeal in Wash ington and it is hoped that the gov em- ment will refuse to give them up. DON'T NKBD AN "ARREST EDITOR" The suit against the Now Yoik Woild hi ought b.v the fodoial govoin- ment on a charge ot "libeling the gov- eminent , " Is aionsine ; keen Inteiest In legal chcles. It has goneially been accepted as law that a government can not bo libeled. If the government vveie to win Its case , coiruption would gain a very mlglitj point If a newspaper editor vvcio to be In constant fear of being sent to jail for unfiiendly cilticism against the government , many a shady tinnsabtiaii might be put thiongh with out objection fiom the pi ess , because no single editor would care to itsk his libel tj and take chanccsj of a "liamoup" against him in the couits. In Japan each newspaper has an "anest edltoi. ' It Is the duty of the "anest edltoi" to go to jail whenever the paper libels the government , or whenever the government accuses the paper of libeling It. For the sake of keeping this gov- einment stialght and for the sake of keeping down additional salary ex penses , It Is to be hoped that Ameri can nowspapeis may not be forced to employ "airest editors. " If facts were Incorrectly stated In the Panama case , let the government produce the evidence to dlspiovc the published lopotts. That would prob ably servo quite as well , and would leave the pi ess fieo to criticise wheio cilticism should bo made. COMMERCIAL CLUB CONVENTION. The suggestions that Norfolk will gain from the foi Incoming conven tion of state commercial clubs , will , alone , bo woith the offoit. The state's most active nnd successful clt.v-bnlldeis will bo heio nnd many valuable suggestions will without question bo gained for Norfolk. Example is a great teacher and the town that is ready to quickly take up valuable new Ideas Is the town that gets ahead. Noifolk needs growth and any suggestion on how to bring that growth about will bo worth while. In this connection It is remembered that Secretary Hanson of the Fremont club who has done wonders , by the way , in the upbuilding of Fremont gave us many mighty worthy sugges tions when ho spoke hero three years ago. Fortunately Mr. Hanson will bo back. Indeed from Fremont methods Norfolk might oven now take an ex ample. Yesterday's Sioux City Jour nal contained a little Item of signifi cance In this connection. It told of Mr. Hanson's visit to that city , lie went to Sioux City to Interview the Johnson Hiotheis Ci acker company In the hope of Intel estlng them In a new fiutoiy to he built at I'lemonl. Poi some time the possibilities of a eiacker factoiy have been suggested for Not folk. With the abandoned candy factory an oppoitunlty should be alToided to some such linn as John son Brothers. At all event' ) , the plan of Kiemont to keep oveilastingly after i-vorv possible new Industiy , has been stiu'ces'tul In making the pant yein n ircoid'bieaker for development In thai town. Piemonl has spent monqy In good loads One good main load has IKUMI built In evei.v direction so that fann ers are now tiading theio who used to trade In Fiomont thlitj yeais ago and then weio weened away to new small towns , pilnclpally because of the loads. The met chants of Kiomont aio using newspaper columns to diaw In these people fiom many miles 1 using newspaper pages , it might bet ter bo said. And Mr. Hanson do- j dared that good loads and continuous newspaper advoitlslng wore the two gieatist factois In building lip the 10- tall business of that city. Ills activ Itv In going after now in- dustiles , such as Is lllnstiated by the Sioux City Incident , should finiilsh ample Inspliatlon to those who have faith in the possibilities ol Noifolk's futuie. THE MISSION OF THE PIREMEV. Noifolk once again takes pleasnio in welcoming the state convention of Volunteoi Flionion ol Noluaska. No class of men give such unselfish and useful soi vice to the communlt.v as these unpaid jet over willing 111 o flghlets In the smaller cities. Thej aie entitled to a community's constant appicciatlou. The Hi emeu aio helping to i educe the tiemendoiis the losses that an- nuall.v sweep America. Tills "cloud of smoke by d.ij and plllai of flio by night" has cost us on an avetage in the United States din ing the past ten joars six bundled millions of dollais a jear , and In the jcais when the lavages by flames have been unnsunll.v laigo Uieie have been as high as slxtj-Ilvc bundled lives sacrificed. Six bundled million dollais wo put Into cur annual national bonflio. Think of what this menus ! It only takes halt a billion dollais woith of fuel to kerp our faetoiU-s and business en- tei prises going and make our homes comfoi tably waim Geimany wo charge as being ovei whelmed by mill- taiism and vet what Amoiica bums up each > enr would paj Geiman.v's army and nav.v expense and leave a sin plus of some millions. In thlitj of the laigest European cities the pei capita loss by the ( he demon Is sixty-one cents while in moio than two hunched and fifty Ameilcan cities the destruction per capita was over tinee dollais. And > et now heie else is theio so much money expended in Hie piotec tlon. Heilin , for instance , pays Its file depaitmont about $300,000 and Chicago cage pa.vs out for the same purpose over tinoe millions. , What Is needed In Amei lea today is not only a conseivation of our foiests , our vvateiwajs , and our natuial re sources , but a gieator care of our piopoit.v inteiests. Happily flio pioof buildings and appliances arc moio and moic being built. Laws In legard to constiuctlon aio also more restric tive and the days aio approaching when hoouols holocausts and Cleveland land school dlsastois will bo lologated to the past. Wo aie still a long way fiom the goal. Wo want to get lid of that old fogy notion long since worn to a fia/zle , that theio me necessaiy evils to be homo. They aie every one of them due to the stupidlt.v of men and It Is for the men of the twentieth cen- turj to blot them out. Theie Is no sense In binning up over $000,000,000 woith of piopoity by fire. It is a sheer waste and even fioe , ji ) ospoi ous America cannot af- foul It. Not only In the great cities but In every piogicsslve town thoie Is call for bettor building laws , stieot on- foj cement and a more caioful attitude on the pai t of all. Wo have no mono ) to burn. Thoio Is a hotter use for It. And If every man in the country put foith the onoigy that Is unselfishly given by the volunteer 111 onion , thoio would not be such losses to iccoid. AROUND TOWN. Who Is Johnny Dumper ? This Is Gregory's day to lojolco nnd bo glad. How would you llko to bo a gar goyle , biother ? Have jou noticed that most of the fliemen smoke ? Congressman Wlllott Is a Wall street man , they say. How many dozen firemen's badges have you succeeded in capturing ? Dallas nnd Gregory have each had a taste of good fortune In their slant lives. Roosevelt will match foi th to slaughter elephants Immediately after Maich fointh , Thoio aio nights when the devotee to fiesb air methods , and who Insists upon sleeping with all windows wide open , gets what's coming to him. Talcum powder on n girl's cheek tasks belter thnn any other known prepatallon. Cvorj small boy has nil ambition to be either a locomotive engineer or a conductor. riroinoti , horseman , plDslclans , bank robin rs Norfolk had n cosmo politan tin onIn town Tuesday. When > ou steal n horse you aio piett.v sine to go to the penitential1) . Hut bank lobbing seems to bo a safe , pleasant and altogether ntdlUahlo avocation. Sam Rosenthal went to Sioux Clt ) ) esteida > . When ho came hack last night he found the band phi ) Ing at the tialn as be stepped off the cai. " 1 leall ) didn't expect It , " Sam said. One woman living on a mini telephone - phone line out of Noifolk claims that it's common custom to "ilibber" over the telephone , and says theie's lots of Intel estlng stult goes over the who , too. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Eveithing comes back in time ex cept the shawl. When ) ou don't llko cold weather , it's a sign ) ou aie old. Some people become so busy that the ) have no time to do anthing. Who is Hist in bed at vonr house every night ? Wo hot it Is father. An Atclnson woman lecontly said : "No ono will believe I am foity. " O , ) os they will. What a nuisance faimois must uc to their wives on cold davs , as they sit at omul kitchen stoves ! It sometimes happens that when chlldion behave well at a table , It Is because thoie Is nothing on the table they paiticulaily want. Owing toHho stiange names given ghls in Topeka , the soclet ) columns ol the Top ka papeis sound like do- sciiptlons of bicakfast foods. If a man doesn't inn to politics , ho Is piobably given to icllglous con ventions , 01 lodge lounlons. No one cntiiel ) escapes the parade Idea. You often hear this said of a man : "He's a Dead Ono" That Is , he Is slow , and doesn't amount to an ) thing Look ) ouiself over : aio YOU a Dead Ono ? The women have struck a now scheme : they advertise for "house keepeis" instead of for "gills" "Housekeeper1 has less of a tin pan sound to It. Gossips are as paitlcnlar wliom they talk about as many people aie with whom they associate , selecting onlv those with some pretensions to position and style. Questions for the Lancaster lltoiaiy socletv : When a man's wife mns awav , and takes with her the family wallet , what Is It'that woitles the man ? Is it the loss ot the money or the loss of the woman ? Men will think , and think , and thinktilng to study out some plan of attiactini ; unusual attention , In the hope of making big mono ) . One man thought , and thought , and thought , and decided that it would be a popu lar novel ! ) to put on a phi ) In which a man shows his bate foot to the au dience. And ho did It ! What a cut- ions , untenable thing the human mind is. OVER NORTHWESTERN PRAIRIES. The cltbons of Hcrrlck cnjoed a 'possum supper last week. As a icsult of the fire which tin eat- ened the Elgin racket stoie , the Elgin Review again calls attention to Elgin's need of a good water works sstcm. Nothing but baio prahio now re mains of what was once the thriving little Inland town of Lyman In Lyman county , South Dakota. Its last In habitant has moved over to Konnc- boc. Republican Legislator's Speech. ( With apologies to the Immortal Wil liam not Bryan. ) Friends , Republicans , Countrymen , lend mo your ears , for mine aio worn out heailng the hum of Democrats' ' I came not to be burled at Lincoln but to talk in ) self. Ino evil that mo do lives after tliom , the good Is oft interred with thoh bones so let it bo with Demo- ciats two years hence ! My nimble enemies have told > on that I'm a bit ambitious. If It bo so , it woio a grevlous fault , and giovlonsly I'm forced to answer It If the legis lature bo ) oung ambition's ladder , de liver mo from climbing It again As well to be a dog , and bay the moon as a Republican in such a setting But break , my heart , for I must hold by tongue ! But yesterday the name Republican could have stood against the world now who so poor to do us reverence ? x + x + xx + x + x + x + xx * x + xx + x + xxxx + xx + xx + x. JOHNNY DUMPER VISITS STATE HOUSE § H * x + x + x + x + xxxx + xx + xx + x Lincoln , Neb , .Ian 15To the Edl lot ? of Tin- News llasent It bin awful wethei to in- out of a Job In ? ( Jess I no how Gov Sheldon feels to loose his Job the coldest mmp of the ) eai. Het he thinks Its no snap Wunder If bo's got anuthor .vet ! 1 alnt ! It happened this way. The boss had It In tor me enn.vwa ) becaus I spelt cat-soup that way , and he was just waiting for anuthcr mistake In spilling 01 sumthlni ; to fhe mo. Well a week ago lonlte I toigol and left the ( hoe/o uise open and the stoic ( at , that they keep lei catch mice with , got In and et a corner oft the clr e/o and must have slept theie for she left cat-bate all ovei. Next morning the little gill of one of out host custoineis was In to get mini chee/e and It was kind of dink and I novel noticed that the cat had bin theie and I cut olT the vei ) peece the cat had bin nibbling at and nippl It up lor hci. She came back In about an our and glv the chee/o to the boss and told him her mama wanted him to send up their bill at once , that they wasent going to tiade with a gtosery that sold cat chee/e enn.v- moio The boss was maddc-i'ii a mud hen and he wudent even glv me a let- lei ot leckomendashnn. That's why I'm ovei to Lincoln hunt ing a job , and holding with Uncle Oseat and helping him and Mr Hiyan pass a bank gaiantoc law. Untie Oscai tuck me to see the legislaslnne I was awful disappoint ed I thot leglslashute was men like Andi&w Jackson and Samuwell Addams and James line Khaiman and all them felleis we see In the pick- tines In ( he hlsti ) of the United States I thot they'd be awful sinait looking men but the ) alnt eimv smait- er looking than .von or Mi Ktuigen or Mr Mapes or a lot of men In Noifolk , and most ot 'em don't look llko they new as much. Theie dldent seem to be much a doing when I was thoio Uncle Oscai sod most of the woik was done' in committee I saw Mi Hr.van too. The fuist time I've seen him since be inn fuist time moio than twelve ) oais ago and I was just a little kid about nee hie and pa ( who's ( led now ) tuck me to see Hi .van speck and 1 had a big 1C to 1 button on my cote lapell and after Mi. Hr.van got dun pa and mo went up to shake hands witli all the icst , and Mi. Hr.van shuck my hand and ses "Well my little man , who aio ) ou foi ? " and I &os , "I'm for Hi .van and tloa slivoi1" ( At least pa told mo aft i I got blggei that was what I sed ) and Mr. Hiyan and even body lointd lafed and he sos "That's ilte , tnv little man' ' " Hut he's foi got all about me toi when I saw him the uthet day ho dident even no me. Hut I goss oven Mr Taft cudent lemember all the kids he's shuck hands with I've bin looking foi a job ever since I came heie and watching the news- papois I answoied one adveitl'-e- ment foi a boy wauled ovei on "P" Sc Yon no ( lie sticels aie all lettei- ed lusted of niimbc led one wav Wun- dei what thev'll do when ( hey gel to ' / ' St , and want aniither one Well I went mi lo that house on "P" St. and ast them what they wanted a bo ) to do and aiming iithcr things ( hey want ed him to milk a cow and 1 wa I wasont no cow boy. Uncle Oscar wants mo to take a sboit coise In agilcuKuio over to ( ho agilcultinal uillcgo nnd gel a job with sum farmer tblH spilng. Ho ses ( bo blessed soil of the countr.v Is calling for educated and willing hands to oil tlvate It and Its a shame to waist my time hunting lontid a city wheio theie's alieddy lee metni ) .vting fel lers looking for wink. Hut no slioit corse In agilculltno for Johnny , thank ) ou' ' I had ail tln > coiso In agil- cnltuie I wanted when Pa WIIH living and It wasent a shoit one eel her. My , If I had a dollar tor every cockelbuir he Imlled on t'a'.s old laim I cud glv away moic llhtaiies than Audi tie Car- noegle ever glv My , It must be awful for a man with a fa inly to lie out of wink In winter ! 1 just thot .vesloiday that while 1 was prltty bad oil as .t Is , Just spose I nad a wife and ( hlldien a shlvveilng In sum little bous and 1 cudent get iiiithlng for them to eat or dilnk1 Say I bet just lots of felleis gels stinted steeling that way , because theio fam- llv's me hungiy or tbuist ) and thev'ie too pi end to ask for help and so I bey stall ( o swiping and keep on fiom had to win so and llnall.v get col and land In pilsoii , 01 else they don't get cot and get woithy an mabo oven get to congiess Hul I've got a Hkomo thai I bet'll ui/e me fiom ( he tanks of the com mon wage oi nor. Thev've got out u big book all about the Italian eith- quake lei one' llftv , and I've got the agencv and they've qotod me theio holesail pi Ice of ate dollais poi duz- 7011 and they sa ) the people ate Just ciafoi ( ho books and all I'll baf ( ode do Is to walk down a lessldenco sheet and let people no I'm agent for the new oithquako book and they'll tun out to the side walk to get their 01- dois In bofoio tboy'io all gone' And If I sell them for one fifty each I'll make ten dollais per do//en Incluslvo of expenses. Or if sum people don't want to pay one llfty I can sell them for one and a quaitcr and still make a hansiim piolfll I' tell ) ou that'll beet selling chee/o lor six dollais per week , and that Omaha giosoryman can just take his old job , I wuddont have It If he'd oftoi me ton dollais a week Why , II I sell onlv live dn/- /en a day that'll be fifty dollais or fotntv at least. When I got the people of Lincoln all siipplido with eitli- quake books I'm going to cum to Nor- lolk and cut the pi Ice to a dollat a- pence and glv baf the pi off It to the Y M C A building Why thoio must lie over ten thousand famllys In Lin coln and of coiso they'll all want the book I don't no but I can aflonl to giv all thepi oft It fiom the books I sell in Noifolk to the Y M C A Yotus , Johnny Dnmpei oz x x0xaxexax0xexexexax xexex < sx xaxaxDX ( X6X0X9Xsx x i WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE WINDOW 5 When the fiost Is on the window And the snow is on the stteet , And the wind Is whistling fiom the polar clime ; Oh 'tis then we love to sit mound The ( ho and toast our feet , And think about the good old sunintoi time. ' When the shed is full of firewood And the coal-bln full of coal , Even though ) ( > ifvo not a penny In the bank , You'ie as caie-fice as a piinco As In jour liixuiy ) ou toll , What caio jou now foi titles , wealth or rank ! When jour stomach's full of supper And join sllppois full of loot , i And your head Is full ol castles In the air ; . Then jou sit beside the flio ' And jou icvtl In the heat , And you let jour fancj wander fico fiom caie. " You lemomber 'way last bummer I Of join swimming In the tlvor , ' After which the Ico-ctoam cones jou could contain i And the palm-leaf fan jou can led ; ' And jou wake up with a shiver ' As jou see the fiost upon the window-pane. There's a sight of solid comfort On a stoimy Wintei's night , When the meicuij creeps downward far below , To see the mddy ladlanco Of the colliollght , And feel our senses tingle with the glow. It matters not how humble The homo may be without , Within no brighter scone can bo conceived Than a jollj roaring fire And happy faces all about , When the frost Is ciacklng underneath the cave. Richard F. Marwood. Cottalnly not the Speaker ! Our wotds fly up , with deafness they are mot : words fiom Republicans novoi a hcai- Ing get ! Our scattered numbers feel llko wan ton boys that swim on bladdois : our f i agile floats aio punctured , and Im potent , wo'io tossed about upon a son of thankless Democrats. Twas heio great Sheldon fell ! Oh , what a fall was that , tbei. jou and I and all of us foil down , and bloody Democrats flourished In the state oh , woo is mo to have soon what I have seen , see what I see ! Their qualltj of mercy Is not stialli ed. It dioppoth llko a thunderbolt from heaven upon poor us beneath' Tls mightiest In the mightiest ! It becomes the Demo. Steam Roller bettor than a ciown1 "Cowards dlo many times before their deaths not so with us we'ro neither dead nor dying jet , we're sleeping Sleep , that knlttcth up the raveled sleeve of Republicanism1 To rest to sleep to sleep ! per chance to dream ay , there's the rub ; ( the speaker Is the rubber ! ) Tor In | our paitj's sloop what dreams may j ( omo true , wjien wo have shuffled off this Democratic con must give us pausethere's : the icspect that will make calamity of such shoit Hfo : who-would boar the whips and scouts of time , the oppiossor's wrong , the I Pi oud n.an's . contumely , the pangs of despised advice , the lawmaker's cU i lay. the Insolence of offko holders , and jtho spurns that patient minority of the majority takes , but that the hope of bettor times ahead strengthens the JJ 111 and makes us rather bear these 'Ills ' wo have than fly the coop ! Such In effect , or rather In defect , for this etfoct defcctlvo comes my cause' ' rinis it remains , and the remainder thus ! Poi pond ! , Oh wisdom , art thou fled to Demo- \ I eratw and have men lost their rca- X , A hon ! 4/1 Oh mighty Sheldon ! dost thou Hose so low ? Are al they conquests , glo ries , triumphs , spoils , shifted to Shal- lenberger ? Faro thee well ! Richard F. Marwood.